California Christmas CaliforniaPoppy I grew up as a 5th generation Californian, and have some traditions that don’t seem to be the “norm” elsewhere. For example: in our Christmas stocking would *always* be a walnut, a tangerine, and a few small trinkets. For a long time, I just thought this (the walnut & tangerine) came down

My Christmas Poem Matt_Miller_Girl Christmas is a happy time, when family and friends can play a mime, or laugh and sing with friends so dear, it might even bring up a tear. Christmas is a time for joy, time to give a child a joyful toy, time to catch up on old news, and time

Our Family’s Santa Picture Tradition MapleMay99 Every year, since I was a baby, my mom has always made my sisters and I sit on Santa Claus’ lap in the mall. We have over 23 pictures of this because that is how old my sister is. The embarrassment of two teengers and an adult, standing in

Our Christmas in the U.S. Rhiannon Starting on December 1st, we use an Advent calendar to count the days remaining until Christmas. Our Advent calendars are Santa Claus figures with 24 pieces of yarn that are tied to 24 pieces of candy. You eat one piece of candy each day and the number of candies

Christmas on a Small Family Farm jdoubs We all usually get up and share the chores, then we go in and open presents. We usually do it by age. We almost always have coffe cake, then we have a HUGE “breakfast” at 10:00. It’s always fun!

Haitian-style Christmas in America renalda I have celebrated Christmas the Haitian way since I was young. My parents were from Haiti and brought me up this way. We are Christian, but we have diffrent traditions. We celebrate Christmas on the 24th not the 25th. We go to Mass on the night of the 24th. We

Christmas in Florida Jadzia1043 I’m a 15 year old from Florida. I moved here from Michigan when I was 5, so I don’t really remember much snow. But thats okay because a warm, sandy Christmas is as good as the rest! Here, its a pretty perky season with or without cold weather. We hang up

My Christmas Eve Ladyburd Hi! What I do on Christmas eve: We go to Mass at 5:30 in the evening and after that we go to my family’s home where we have ham, potato salad, baked beans, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, and all diffent kinds of food. Then my dad reads the bible before we

English Christmas in Tennessee Emma I was born and raised in England and moved to America when I was 14. I’m 23 now and still miss Christmas at home, although I have my own family now and this is essentially home. The beginning of the Christmas season begins for me around the 2nd week in

My Family Tradition Elf_2000 I really love Christmas at my house. My mom always makes tons of goodies to eat. We always get a real tree and we make our own decorations. It always looks so neat. We string cranberries and popcorn to wrap around the tree. (After we take down the tree we put